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max·i·mum
[mak-suh-muh
m] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -mums, -ma
[-muh] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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[mak-suh-muh
m] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -mums, -ma
[-muh] Pronunciation Key, adjective –noun
–adjective
| 1. | the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc. |
| 2. | the highest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded. |
| 3. | an upper limit allowed or allowable by law or regulation. |
| 4. | Mathematics.
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| 5. | that is a maximum; greatest or highest possible or attained: maximum satisfaction; maximum temperature. |
| 6. | pertaining to a maximum or maximums. |
[Origin: 1730–40; < L, n. use of neut. of maximus, superl. of magnus great, large
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] —Related forms
max·i·mum·ly, adverb
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| max·i·mum
(māk'sə-məm) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. max·i·mums or max·i·ma (-mə)
adj.
[Latin, from neuter of maximus, greatest; see meg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
maximum
maximum
1740, from L. maximum, neut. of maximus "greatest," superl. of magnus "great, large" (see magnum). Maximize was formed in Eng. 1802, first attested in Bentham, who used it often.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| maximum | |
adjective | |
| 1. | the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure" [syn: maximal] [ant: minimal] |
noun | |
| 1. | the largest possible quantity [ant: lower limit] |
| 2. | the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: utmost] |
| 3. | the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right [ant: minimum] |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| maximum
(māk'sə-məm) Pronunciation Key
Plural maximums or maxima
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maximum max·i·mum (māk'sə-məm)
n. pl. max·i·mums or max·i·ma (-mə)
- The greatest possible quantity or degree.
- The greatest quantity or degree reached or recorded; the upper limit of variation.
- The time or period during which the highest point or degree is attained.
- Having or being the greatest quantity or the highest degree attained or attainable.
- Of, relating to, or making up a maximum.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Maximum
Max"i*mum\, n.; pl. Maxima. [L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See Maxim.] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum. Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. --P. Colquhoun. Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.
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Maximum
Max"i*mum\, a. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
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